'His pay was never going to go down each year and he must have just kept climbing the ladder.

He's very well-liked in the industry, I doubt too many people would begrudge him that.'Having celebrated its 30th anniversary last September, Casualty won the Best Drama award at this year's National Television Awards, and it regularly draws a consolidated audience of 5million to BBC One each Saturday night.

She took out a roll of two hundreds rolled up like a cigarette and held together like an elastic band.

She handed it over to me and said that’s for you from G for touching your ass and she laughed.

Hugh's comments come as he reacted to the news that Casualty star Derek, who has been on the show since it began in 1986, earns between £350,000-£399,000 a year.